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The Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989, 5 U.S.C. 2302(b)(8)-(9), Pub.L. 101-12 as amended, is a United States federal law that protects federal whistleblowers who work for the government and report the possible existence of an activity constituting a violation of law, rules, or regulations, or mismanagement, gross waste of funds, abuse of authority or a substantial and specific danger to ...
The Whistleblower Protection Act was made into federal law in the United States in 1989. Whistleblower protection laws and regulations guarantee freedom of speech for workers and contractors in certain situations. Whistleblowers are protected from retaliation for disclosing information that the employee or applicant reasonably believes provides ...
Huffman v. Office of Personnel Management, 263 F.3d 1341 (Fed. Cir. 2001) [1] is a decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit addressing a two decade-old conflict between the United States Congress and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit over the depth of whistleblower protection available to federal civilian employees covered by the Whistleblower ...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Bank of America has been ordered to pay a former employee $930,000 for violating federal whistleblower protection Bank Of America Told To Pay Whistleblower $930,000 Skip to main ...
The Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2012 (WPEA) became law on November 27, 2012. The WPEA strengthens protections for federal whistleblowers by removing loopholes that deterred federal employees from disclosing waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement.
Ward has filed cases against both the Army and the Navy with the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board, a quasi judicial agency that protects federal employees from, among other things, unfair labor ...
The DoD IG has participated in the certification process since September 2002. As a result, both new and current IG employees are informed of their rights under the Whistleblower Protection Act. Compliance with §2302(c) certification provides federal employees with the understanding that:
Miller sued under the federal False Claims Act, which lets whistleblowers sue on behalf of the government and share in recoveries, typically 15% to 30%. Such cases typically argue that companies ...